C H A P T E R

Brocade Zoning
This chapter contains the following sections:

Introduction, page 7-1 Preparing for Zoning, page 7-1 Configuring Brocade Zoning for VFrame, page 7-6

Introduction
Before you add a VFrame system to a Brocade zoning environment, you must isolate all storage from other VFrame site hardware.

Preparing for Zoning

Before you configure Brocade Zoning, record the WWNNs and WWPNs of these devices:

Director host, page 1 Virtual servers, page 2 Node of the Fibre Channel gateways page 3 Node of the Storage device

You need to add these identifiers to your Zoning configuration.

Locating the Director Host WWN

To locate the director host WWN, follow these steps:
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5

Launch VFrame Director, if you have not already done so. Click on VFrame Directors in the navigation-tree. Click on the Instances tab in the main window. Click on the hyperlinked name of the Director you want to view. Click on the WWNs sub-tab. (See Figure 7-1.)

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Figure 7-1

WWNN and WWPN of a Single Director

Step 6

Record the Director for the standby Director, if you are using VFrame in HA mode.

Record Virtual Server WWNs

To record WWNNs of virtual servers, perform the following steps:
Step 1

Locate the WWNN of the Virtual Servers.

a. b. c. d.

Return to the VFrame window. The WWNN is allocated by VFrame when a Virtual Server is created. Click on Virtual Server Groups in the navigation-tree. Click on the name of a Virtual Server in the main window. Click on the WWNs sub-tab. (See Figure 7-2.)

To zone a whole node, you need to add only the WWNN of the Virtual Server into the zone. If you want to zone a single port of a virtual HCA, you can add the WWPN into the zone.

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WWNN of a Virtual Server

Step 2

Repeat to record the WWN for all Virtual Servers.

Recording the Fibre Channel Gateway WWN

To locate the WWN of the Server Switch, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3

Launch Element Manager for a Server Switch in your VFrame environment. Right-click a Fibre Channel gateway port, and select Properties from the right-click menu. A Properties window opens. Record the contents of the WWNN field for one FC gateway. (See Figure 7-3.)

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Fibre Channel Gateway WWNN

The WWNN is the same for all FC gateways, so it is not necessary for you to record the WWNN for additional FC gateways in the same chassis.
Step 4

Record the WWNN for an FC gateways in a separate Server Switch.

Recording the WWN for Storage Device

This example assumes you are using the Navisphere GUI for your storage device.
Step 1 Step 2

Launch Navisphere Right-click on your storage device, and select Properties. (See Figure 7-4.)

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Locate Storage Properties Window

The Storage System Properties window appears.

Step 3

View the Node Name of the storage device in the Unique ID field. Adding the WWN for the device will allow both SPA and SPB to be added to a zone. (See Figure 7-5.)

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Figure 7-5

View Storage WWN

Unless you want to zone only specific ports, you need to add only the WWN for the whole device.

Configuring Brocade Zoning for VFrame

To configure Brocade Zoning with VFrame, you must perform these tasks:

Creating Aliases for each WWN, page 7-7 Creating a Zone for all Aliases, page 7-10 Adding a Zone to a Configuration, page 7-11 Saving the Config, page 7-12 Enabling the Config, page 7-12

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Creating Aliases for each WWN

Create Aliases and add the WWN for each of these elements:

Cisco Server Switch Director host (primary) (Optional) Redundant Director host Each Virtual Server Storage Device

Note

Use the WWPNs that you previously recorded to set up these Aliases.

To create aliases, perform these steps:

Step 1 Step 2

Go to Brocade Web Tools and open zone administration. Click the Alias tab. (See Figure 7-6.)
Figure 7-6 Create Aliases in Web Tools

Step 3

Create an Alias for the Director.

a. b.

Click the Create button. The Create New Alias dialog box appears. Enter a name that identifies the Director and click OK. (See Figure 7-7.)

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Figure 7-7

Create New Alias for Director

c. d. e.

Assign the WWN of the Director to the new Alias. Click the Add Other button in the zoning window. The Add Other dialog box appears. Enter the WWN of the Director. (See Figure 7-8.) It is not necessary to add the WWPNs to the zone unless you want to zone a single port on the Director. See the Locating the Director Host WWN section on page 7-1 if you are not sure which WWN to enter.
Enter WWN of the Director

Figure 7-8

f. g. h.

Click the OK button. (Optional) Click the Add Other button and add the WWN for a redundant Director. Select the new WWN(s) from the Member Selection List and click the Add Member button to add them to your Alias. (See Figure 7-9.)

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Figure 7-9

Completed Alias

Step 4

Create a new Alias for each Virtual Server Group.

a. b. c. d. e. f. g.

Click the Create button, as described in step 2. Enter a name that identifies the Group of Virtual Servers and click OK. Click the Add Other button and add the WWN for the first Virtual Server in this group. See the Record Virtual Server WWNs section on page 7-2 if you do not know which WWN to enter. Click the OK button. Click the Add Other button to add the WWN for the next Virtual Server in this group. Repeat step e until you have added the WWNs for all the Virtual Servers in this group. Select the new WWN(s) from the Member Selection List and click the Add Member button to add them to your Alias.

Step 5 Step 6

Create a new Alias for each Server Switch. See the Recording the Fibre Channel Gateway WWN section on page 7-3 if you do not know which WWN to choose from the Member Selection List. Create a new Alias for the Storage Device. (See Figure 7-10.) See the Recording the WWN for Storage Device section on page 7-4 if you do not know which WWN to select.

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Figure 7-10

Aliases Created

Verifying the List of Aliases

To verify aliases, compare the members of each Alias to the list of WWNs. This is an important step as a mis-entry will prevent you from adding the port or device to your zone.

Creating a Zone for all Aliases

After you have created Aliases for all the items that you want to zone, add the aliases to a single zone. To add the aliases to a single zone, perform these steps:
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3

Click the Zone tab in the Web Tools Zone Administration window. Click the Create button. The Create New Zone dialog box appears. Enter a name for the new Zone and click Ok. (See Figure 7-11.)

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Figure 7-11

Name the New Zone

Step 4 Step 5

Click open the Aliases folder in the Member Selection List. Control-click all the Aliases that you created, and click the Add Member button. (See Figure 7-12.)
Figure 7-12 Add Aliases to New Zone

Adding a Zone to a Configuration

If you do not have any configurations, click the Create button to make a new configuration. These instructions assume that you have an existing zoning configuration. To add a zone to a configuration, follow these steps:
Step 1 Step 2

Click the Config tab. Select the zone config to which you want to add your Zone from the Name pulldown menu.

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If you currently have a configuration enabled on the FC switch, add the new zone to that configuration since only one configuration can be active at one time. Look at the top-right corner of the Web Tools Zone Admin window to determine if you have a configuration enabled.
Step 3 Step 4

Click open the Zones folder in the Member Selection List to locate your zone. Click on your zone and click the Add Member button. (See Figure 7-13.)
Figure 7-13 Add Aliases to New Zone

Saving the Config

Step 1 Step 2

Select Actions > Save Config Only and click yes as needed. Note that saving the configuration does not activate it until you are ready to do so.

Enabling the Config

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3

Select Actions > Enable Config. The Enable Config dialog box appears. Select the desired config from the pulldown menu. Note that if another config is currently enabled, your selection will override that configuration and could interfere with storage access for other devices. Click yes in the dialog boxes as needed.

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